Oh, and 7 is correct but Not the Answer I was looking for! It's another nickname question, I'm afraid . . .
On Monday, 22 July 2013 21:29:53 UTC+1, Pete Arundel wrote: > > Not bad, but 7 is wrong. you need a type of sword and a wandering > tribesman and then you'll get a manufacturer of aero engines!, 8 is the > wrong pirate, 10 is more of a language problem, 16 Think my Homerically!, > 17 - I thought this one was easy! Find the quote and you find the Big > Rocket! 18 is entirely on the wrong track. It's another Nickname question. > 19 When I say bridge, I don't mean anything that crosses a gap! > > On Sunday, 21 July 2013 20:18:45 UTC+1, LIJagdpanther888 wrote: >> >> Well Pete, you really provided all of us with some stumpers!! >> >> Since it was you that identified my wooden armored car project some >> months ago, I felt it only right to give your aviation quiz a serious go... >> >> I hate to admit it, but I came up just short... >> >> Now, I haven't looked at anyone else's replies... >> >> Here are my answers, I hope I've got most of them... >> >> 1. Two... (RAF R.E. 8). 2. A Bristol Aquila. 3. A Mamba... >> would that be a black one or perhaps a green one? LOL. 4. A Rolls >> Royce Merlin engine. >> >> 5. Bristol made the Jupiter radial engine for the Dornier J Gas Wal and >> the J II Wal... 6. You give it more thrust!! Swap out the GE J79's for >> the RR Spey RB 168 15Rs... >> >> 7. My only guess is the SAS (Special Air Services). 8. Blue... a >> Vought F4U Corsair. 9. An OBOE... 10. All three made twin engined >> bombers, although I'm guessing that you may be looking for more to this >> one, just as I found with question #5... >> >> 11. A Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double WASP radial... 12. A Douglas >> F-3D Sky Knight, the damned drut!! 13. In a SR-5 3. 14. Is an AIR-2 >> Genie (your first really "tough" question...IMO, gave me a great sense of >> satisfaction finding this answer!!) >> >> 15. The LTV-A7 Corsair II, USAF - "D" , US Navy - "E". 16. The >> Spartan Cruiser G, or Mrk III G, hard to get a definitive photo... 17. >> I haven't the foggiest answer, >> you were a bit too cryptic on this one, Pete! I tried rocket founding >> fathers, Dr. Strangelove, the V-1 and V-II... >> >> 18. I'm guessing the SE 5a, flown by Edward "Mick" Mannock, since he's >> the most famous British flying ace, and you being from the UK Pete... I >> also considered Edward O'Hare and Eddie Rickenbacker... >> >> 19. This is the other one that has given me fits, I tried heavy >> transports (C-130, Antonov An-225...) before giving up!. Abit too >> cryptic Pete, can you be abit more forgiving, and telling?!! >> >> 20. A GAF Jindivik... great name!! Another one of my more proud >> discoveries... >> >> I'm still hoping to get answers for #17 and #19, but it's not looking too >> good with the present hints... Also a better answer to #10 may be in >> order... >> >> Thanks for the fun Pete!! >> >> Dave D. >> >> PS Oh yeah, too bad you couldn't supply us with an e-mail address, thus >> ensuring that only YOU see our answers, but I realize that carries with it >> certain risks.. I know they do that over here when you want to get the >> address to a Tank battle site that they don't want to "broadcast"... Just >> a thought. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Pete Arundel >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 17, 2013 4:37 PM >> *Subject:* [TANKS] Not tanks but an Obscure and Cyptic Aviation Quiz >> >> OK, I know we're all tank lovers on this forum but I think many of us >> overlap into other areas of military interest. Anyway, I made this up a few >> years ago when I realised that a normal general knowledge quiz is just too >> easy with Google ans Ask.com available. >> So I got cryptic. >> And obscure. >> Anyone getting all of these gains huge bragging rights and serious Kudos! >> >> (1) How many people can you get inside Harry Tate? >> >> (2) What do you get if you take five from a taurus? >> >> (3) What snake do you associate with a gannet? >> >> (4) Where would you find Miss Shillings Orifice? >> >> (5) What links a Bristol to a Dornier? >> >> (6) What happens if you Spey a Phantom? >> >> (7) What links a sword with a wandering tribesman? >> >> (8) What colour was the flying pirate's parrot? >> >> (9) What sort of musical instrument tells you when to drop your bombs? >> >> (10) What have Avro, Fiat and Dornier all made? >> >> (11) What type of insect do you find in a barbary pirate? >> >> (12) Who, or what, was Willie the Whale? >> >> (13) Where would you find a Spectre on top of a Viper? >> >> (14) An unguided arabic spirit with a bucket of sunshine? >> >> (15) D and E models were Speyed by Allison. >> >> (16) A Spartan with spats. >> >> (17) And God bless us, everyone. With a big rocket. >> >> (18) Ed's scooter. >> >> (19) Ten ton bridge bid. >> >> (20) The hunted australian one. >> >> -- >> -- >> You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] >> Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "R/C Tank Combat" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> -- -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. 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